Each season has a personality. Summer is a hippie in soft leather sandals. Summer drinks pink lemonade in a Dixie cup, purchased from a five year-old in a driveway, not a Passion Fruit Mango Kiwi blend infused with calcium, Omega-3 and the essence of pomegranate. Summer eats hotdogs on pasty white buns with ketchup or… Read More Fall is your friend’s cool mom
It’s July 1st, 2006 and the weather forecast says there is a possibility of rain, but my husband, two kids and I are determined to spend the afternoon and evening in downtown Ottawa. It’s not a quest for the claustrophobic; our land is vast and our population spread wide, but on this day, thousands of… Read More The Ultimate Playlist
Yesterday my doorbell rang and I had a lovely surprise. My neighbour Stephany recently went to Portugal with her friends, to celebrate turning 40, and she brought me home a gift. Three actually; a tote bag, a bookmark and a hardcover pocket notebook. We are very friendly neighbours, but it’s not usual for us to… Read More Let’s hear it for the girls